According to Debrett's Correct Form de Engwish titwe "Counciwwor" (often shortened to ‘Cwwr’) appwies onwy to ewected members of city, borough or district counciws.[1] However, dere is no wegaw basis for dis restriction and in practice de titwe is appwied to aww counciwwors at aww wevews of wocaw government. Where necessary, parish and county counciwwors are differentiated by de use of a fuwwer titwe such as "town counciwwor" or "county counciwwor". The titwe precedes de howder's rank or oder titwe, as in Cwwr Dr Jenny Smif or Cwwr Sir Ricky Taing, and for women it precedes deir titwe of maritaw status, as in Cwwr Mrs Joan Smif.[1] Youf counciwwors are sowewy known as Youf Counciwwors.

Counciwwors are typicawwy ewected as members of powiticaw parties or awternativewy as independents. Counciws may awso co-opt unewected counciwwors to fiww vacancies on a counciw where insufficient candidates have stood for ewection, awdough in practice dis is rare outside parish counciws. Once ewected, dey are meant to represent aww de residents under de whowe audority, not just dose who voted for dem or just dose in de district or ward dey were ewected in, uh-hah-hah-hah. They are bound by a code of conduct enforced by standards boards.

In 2007 de ‘Ewectoraw Representation Act 2006’ reduced de age wimit for counciwwors to 18, weading to younger peopwe standing.

Youf Counciwwors are awso ewected in wocaw areas such as de British Youf Counciw, a youf counciw on a nationaw scawe to de Dartford Youf Counciw, a youf counciw for a specific borough.[2]

In Engwand, Wawes and Nordern Irewand most warger borough, unitary audority or county counciws do pay dem basic awwowances and out-of-pocket expenses. In addition, speciaw responsibiwity awwowances are paid to counciwwors who carry out more senior duties. The basic awwowances and speciaw responsibiwity awwowances are deoreticawwy paid to compensate counciwwors for time spent on counciw duties and are cwassed as sawaries for tax purposes. Parish, town or community counciwwors may, since de Locaw Government Act 2000, be paid for deir services, but most do it vowuntariwy.

In Scotwand, since 2007, counciwwors have received a sawary of £15,000, as opposed to a series of awwowances. These are often topped up by speciaw responsibiwity awwowances.

Under de Phiwippine Repubwic Act No. 7160 (oderwise known as de Locaw Government Code of 1991), a counciwor is a member of a wocaw counciw dat is de wegiswative body of de wocaw government unit. They are commonwy referred to as "Sanggunian Member" because de officiaw designation of municipaw, city and provinciaw counciws is de eqwivawent term in Fiwipino (used even when speaking or writing in Engwish): Sanggunian Bayan, Sanggunian Pangwunsod and Sanggunian Panwawawigan, respectivewy.[4]

In Finwand counciwwor (neuvos) is de highest possibwe titwe of honour which can be granted by de President of Finwand. There are severaw ranks of counciwwors and dey have existed since de Russian Regime. Some exampwes of different counciwwors in Finwand are as fowwows:

Due to de controw dat de provinces have over deir municipaw governments, terms dat counciwwors serve vary from province to province. Unwike most provinciaw ewections, municipaw ewections are usuawwy hewd on a fixed date of 4 years.

In de Nederwands, a member of de municipaw counciw is cawwed a gemeenteraadswid or raadswid. Someone out of dis group who is ewected to serve on de municipaw executive is cawwed a wedouder, which is usuawwy transwated as ‘awderman’ or ‘counciwwor’. The Dutch word for mayor is burgemeester. This is expressed in Engwish as "mayor" or "burgomaster". The municipaw executive is referred to cowwectivewy as de Cowwege van Burgemeester en Wedouders.

In Bewgium, a member of de municipaw counciw is cawwed a gemeenteraadswid in Dutch, and Conseiwwer Communaw in French. Someone out of dis group who is ewected to serve on de municipaw executive is cawwed a schepen in Dutch or échevin in French. This is usuawwy transwated as "awderman" or "counciwwor" in Engwish. The municipaw executive is referred to cowwectivewy as de Cowwege van Burgemeester en Schepenen ou Cowwège du Bourgmestre et Echevins.

In Norway, a member of de municipaw counciw, kommunestyret, is cawwed a kommunestyrerepresentant in Norwegian, uh-hah-hah-hah. The Norwegian word for mayor is ordfører.

In Hong Kong, members of district counciws are awso referred to as counciwwors.[5] Before 1999 de district counciws were known as district boards, upon de abowition of de municipaw counciws (de UrbCo and de RegCo) in December dat year. In addition, members of de wegiswative counciw are awso referred to as counciwwors. From 1996 to 1998 de Legiswative Counciw were known as "Provisionaw Legiswative Counciw", upon de abowition of de interim wegiswature in Juwy 1998.

Two types of counciwwor are ewected in wocaw ewections hewd every five years in Turkey. These incwude 1,251 provinciaw counciwwors and 20,500 municipaw counciwwors. Municipaw counciwwors serve on de counciw of de 1,351 district and 30 metropowitan municipawities of Turkey, whiwe provinciaw counciwwors serve on de provinciaw generaw counciw (İw Genew Mecwisi).